I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4645 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow certain payments made by public service employees to qualify for public service repayment, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER 11, 2019 Mr. FOSTER (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi) in- troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu- cation and Labor A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow certain payments made by public service employees to qualify for public service repayment, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Service Loan 4 Forgiveness Inclusion Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:42 Oct 12, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4645.IH H4645 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 4645 IH SEC. 2. QUALIFYING PAYMENTS. 1 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 455(m) of the Higher 2 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)) is amend- 3 ed— 4 (1) in paragraph (1)(A) by inserting ‘‘subject to 5 paragraph (5),’’ before ‘‘has made’’; and 6 (2) by adding at the end the following: 7 ‘‘(5) FIRST 60 MONTHLY PAYMENTS.— 8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of 9 meeting the requirement under subparagraph 10 (A) of paragraph (1), the first 60 monthly pay- 11 ments may be payments under a repayment 12 plan under subsection (d)(1) or (g). 13 ‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY.—This paragraph 14 shall apply to borrowers who on or after the 15 date of the enactment of this paragraph have 16 made less than 120 monthly payments under 17 paragraph (1)(A).’’. 18 (b) NOTIFICATION TO BORROWERS.—Not later than 19 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 20 Secretary of Education shall— 21 (1) inform each borrower of a loan made under 22 part D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 23 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.) of— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:42 Oct 12, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4645.IH H4645 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 4645 IH (A) paragraph (5) of section 455(m) of the 1 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2 1087e(m)), as amended by this Act; and 3 (B) the effect of such paragraph on loan 4 cancellation under such section 455(m) (20 5 U.S.C. 1087e(m)); and 6 (2) provide information to such borrowers on 7 how to change repayment plans. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:42 Oct 12, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4645.IH H4645 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS